Sleigh attachment for vehicles.



PATENTED FEB. 24, 1903..

W. WILLIAMS. SLEIGH ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION IILED' MAR. 31 1902.

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WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA.

SLEIGH ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 721,408, dated February24, 1903.

Application filed March 3, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winona, in the county of Winona and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh Attachments forVehicles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sleigh attachments. for wheeled vehicles andcontemplates an improved appliance of this character adapted moreespecially for use in connection with baby carriages or buggies, theimprovement having for its object the simplification of such structures,coupled with lightness, rigidity, and durability, and the facility ofattachment and of adjusting the runners in and out of use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily comprehended, referencebeing had to the following detailed description and to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sleigh attachmentadjusted for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the attachment adjusted inidle position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the adjusting lever,showing another form of spring for maintaining the locked positions ofthe lever. Figs. at and 5 are further enlarged detail views of theadjusting-lever and another form of spring. Fig. 6 is adetail view of aportion of a runner and supportingknee. Fig. 7 is a sectional view online 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A A denote the front and rear axlesof the vehicle as, for instance, a baby carriage or buggyconnectedtogether by reaches a a, which are extended at their rear ends andconnected together to provide a yoke a, in which is a rectangularopening o The reaches are secured to the axles by clips 17 b. Fastenedto the axles by clips c.care depending arms 0 c, to which are pivotallyconnected the upper bifurcated ends of knees D Dfour in num ber-and tothe lower bifurcated ends of the Serial No. 96,446. (No model.)

knees are pivotally secured runners E E of inverted-T form incross-section, the knees being offset, as shown, to give to the runnersthe proper gage. nections between the knees and the runners are recessese e, formed in the web 6 of runners, which permit the knees to fold uponthe runners when the latter are elevated and out of use, as shown inFig. 2. When the runners are adjusted to extend below thecarriage-wheels, as shown in Fig. 1,.the knees are approximately at aright angle to the runners, and in this'position the lower ends of theknees abut againstshoulders 6 formed by the webs, whereby rigidity issecured.

Lateral or sidewise movement of the knees and runners is prevented bythe employment of yoke-braces f f, which are secured at their endstoward the lower'ends of the knees and are pivotally connected centrallyto depending brackets g g, fastened by clamps g g to the axles. Therunners are bent upwardly at their ends, the ends being preferably ofthe ornamental helical form shown.

H is the lever by which the runners are adjusted in and outof use. Theleveris pro-' vided at its upper end with a handle 77., and its lowerbifurcated end h is fixed to a yoke 11, hich extends between therunners, the bifurcated ends of the yokebeing pivoted to therunner-webs. The lever is located to the rear of the rear axle to bewithin easy reach of the person propelling the carriage. The lever ismovable in the opening (1. of the yoke a and is provided with notches,the lower one of which, if, engages a pin j, ex-

tending across the opening a to lock the runners when elevated out ofuse. The runners are adjusted in use by a downward movement of thelever, the adjustment being maintained by the engagement of the uppernotch 71. with the pin j. The lever H is pressed in the direction of thepin j to maintain the engagement of the latter with the notches throughthe medium of the spring, three types of which are shown. FigsL-l and 2illustrate a curved spring 10, one. end of which is fastened by means ofa "clip-to the.

yoke and the freeend of which bears against the lever. In Fig. 3 isshown a straight spring the upper end of which is secured to the lever,and between the lower free end Forward of the con-- of the spring andthe lever is interposed a coil spring Z. The spring is by pressingagainst a pin j extending across the opening a forces the lever againstthe pinj. In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a coiled spring 70 confined in ahousing m on the yoke and interposed between a pin on a block at and apin on a friction roller 0, the latter bearing against the lever.

In operation by raising and lowering the lever in the yoke-opening therunners are brought into and out of use. IVhen in use, the runnersextend below the carriage-wheels and when elevated out of use the partsare compactly folded and out of the way.

The attachment may be quickly applied to existing carriages,buggies,andother vehicles Without the exercise of special skill, and being lightlyconstructed does not materially add to the weight of the vehicle. Theappliance when attached is sightly and does not materially add to theweight of the vehicle. The construction is simple, the parts being fewin number, and the appliance may therefore be inexpensively made.

I claim as my invention- A sleigh attachment for Wheeled vehicles,

consisting of runners of inverted-T form in cross section cut away atpoints to provide shoulders, arms clipped to and depending from theaxles of the vehicles, knees pivoted at their upper ends to said armsand having lower bifurcated ends pivoted directly to the web of therunners and arranged to engage the shoulders and limit the extendedadjustment of the runners, braces connecting the knees and centrallypivoted to arms depending from the axles, a yoke having bifurcated endspivoted to the runners, a notched lever rigidly attached to the yoke,reaches connecting the axles and extended beyond the rear axle providinga yoke-opening slidably receiving the lever, a pin extending across theyoke-opening, and a spring arranged to exert pressure against the leverto cause either notch therein to engage the pin and lock the runners infolded or extended position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. YVILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

N. THEISEN, WILLIAM Bonus.

